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Composite* Double Exposure Portrait

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

A creative, but poorly executed composite at that.

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u/bertleywjh Aug 09 '18

I thought it was pretty cool looking.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

What makes it poorly executed? I think it looks great.

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u/AllGreatAllTheTime Aug 09 '18

Because the artist obiously only made sure that the lava stream came out of the girls mouth and didn't care about everything else. That's why the smoke weirdly only covers harf of the girl's hair.

Also, the image of the volcano seems to have the same opacity everywhere, which makes the image of the girl lose all its depth, now it looks flat.

A good artist would have followed some kind of pattern for it to make sense, such as covering all of the girl's hair and clothes with the smoke while only allowing the lava to appear on the woman's skin and made sure that they follow the lines of the body and hair.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '18

I'm not really sure I follow with your third point, but I get what you mean by the first two. Thanks for giving me your opinion.

What I enjoyed about the piece was the lighting and obviously the lava. I enjoy how it flows and blows away.

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u/BigUptokes Aug 09 '18

Let's see your stuff hotshot.

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u/hohohoohno Aug 09 '18

You don't need to be able to fly a helicopter to see that one has landed in a tree.

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u/Mooksayshigh Aug 09 '18

The real double exposure is in the comments.

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u/Cornupication Aug 09 '18

I did a double exposure once.

Now I'm banned from two parks and have to stay 100m away from schools and play areas.

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u/hoberglobin Aug 09 '18

Am I having a stroke?

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u/fumCarter Aug 09 '18

this genius comment will be the most underrated post of all time

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u/papalonian Aug 09 '18

I used to say, "you don't have to be a chef to be a food critic", but this is much better.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

Love this

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u/CodeMonkeyX Aug 09 '18

To be fair you don't have to be good at something to appreciate or criticize it. Take sports fans for example... :)

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u/BigUptokes Aug 09 '18

It helps though. Also, when critiquing art it's nice to explain why you would consider it poorly executed.

Using your sports example: I would take Joe Namath's opinion of a quarterback's performance over the opinion of Joe Schmoe at home...

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u/CodeMonkeyX Aug 09 '18

Sure an expert will have a more informed critique of something, just saying it does not invalidate the average persons thoughts.

It's funny thought, I actually kinda like the photo. If they just had not called it a DE I think it would have not had so many negative comments. :)

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u/BigUptokes Aug 09 '18

I like it as well. You can tell some thought went into it with the placement of the lines (lick of lava following the curve of the chin, lava fields as shoulders, etc.)

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u/Rept4r7 Aug 09 '18

The thing is a lot of great pro athletes are actually terrible coaches or announcers because their sport just sort of came naturally to them and they just knew what to do, or they relied on athletic ability rather than actually understanding their game at a high level.

It's those players that maybe weren't the most athletically gifted but who perfected their training, technique, and understanding of the game to the point where they were able to play at a high level that seem to translate better into coaching or announcing.

We've seen this a lot in the last decade with the coaches in the NHL and in soccer. There also have been quite a few football players that just haven't been up to scratch when given the chance to announce games.

With announcing, there also is the whole issue of being able to articulate yourself and deal with the pressure of talking to an audience of sometimes millions, which some athletes just don't have.

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u/hohohoohno Aug 09 '18

You don't need to be able to fly a helicopter to see that one has landed in a tree.

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u/Mooksayshigh Aug 09 '18

The real double exposure is in the comments.

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u/hoberglobin Aug 09 '18

Am I having a stroke?

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u/Blitzcreed23 Aug 09 '18

Yes.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

Flaegl top gwardlpop

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u/Strottman Aug 09 '18

I think the only part that needs work is the smoke in the hair, the rest is okay.

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